This is going to be pretty short and too the point.
There’s been mandatory evacuations called for New Orleans. During a presser earlier in the day, Mayor Nagin and Gov. Jindal made it expressly clear that there will be no government provided shelters for those who choose to stay/can not afford to leave their homes. Or in Nagin’s words, ‘”You’re on your own.”
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Social media has been, excuse the pun, atwitter on this all day long.
There is now a Ning community for all Gustav related posts.
Seesmic conversation on the hurricane.
Many of my remaining family members are already gone. I’ve heard from friends (online and meatspace) whose families have fled already, as Gustav is being called as worse than Katrina. I believe we all know that he levees will not withstand anything over a Cat3 storm, so this is pretty big. Let’s hope that Gustav loses strength before it makes landfall. There’s already been 78 deaths in the Caribbean. I pray there’s no more.
